Simple Packaging Ideas For Homemade Food Gifts [#NORULESCHRISTMAS 2]

Hi, we are Danielle (Food Love and Happiness) and Nelly (Brown Girl Decor Blog) welcome to our #NORULESCHRISTMAS series. For the next 2 weeks, we will be sharing a festive recipe and a fun DIY project each week. Why the name no rules Christmas? Well, we are breaking the rules of the traditional sit-down Christmas feast and serving dessert first.

Today Danielle is sharing a rocky road recipe you can serve your guest or give as a gift to friends and family. If you are thinking of giving these homemade treats as gifts you will need a nice way to package them. These DIY projects are easy to recreate.

Last week we shared a delicious pavlova recipe and a marble tray DIY. If you missed our first instalment of #NORULESCHRISTMAS please check here for all the good stuff.

Now on to this weeks DIY project.

What you will need*

Cookie tins (new or from thrift store)

Glass jars

Paint (spray paint + paint markers)

Chalk markers

* I didn’t end up using the air drying clay you see in the image above.

Idea number 1.

Start out by cleaning all the tins to prepare them for the paint. Spray a coat of primer on the cookie tins let that set completely before spraying your desired colour.

I used the chalk marker and coral pink paint marker to decorate the tins. If like me you are new to hand lettering practice your letters and words on a piece of paper before you tackle the actual tins.

Idea number 2.

Get your glass jars nice and clean before decorating them. I choose to decorate the glass jars with a white chalk marker and coral pink paint marker. I used the online graphic design tool Canva to right the word “sweet” in a few different fonts. You can use any other graphic design tool of course.

Cut out the word you want to have on your glass jar and stick it to the inside of the jar. Now you can easily trace it onto the glass jar. You can also draw something freehand on the jar.

Collaboration is fun! Are you an entrepreneur looking for a creative collaboration? Drop us an email we would love to hear from you. Reach Danielle here, reach Nelly here. Use the hashtag #togetherisbetter in your subject line.